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The Crack of Doom: Viking-Age hoards before the hacksilver horizon
Viking-age hacksilver hoards (c. 880 – 1050) consist mainly of silver bullion, attesting to the rise of a metal-weight market economy. However, across Britain, there is a brief window of time in which the rate of hoard deposition begins to accelerate, but before hacksilver becomes the dominant component. In light...Maldonado, Adrián
Galloway Hoard, Cheshire hoards, Chester, Wirral, Early Medieval , and Viking Age
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The Galloway Hoard: viking age treasure
Dr Adrian Maldonado joins us to speak about the Galloway Hoard, the world-famous viking-age treasure.Maldonado, Adrián
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The Last Days of Fortriu: Portmahomack in the Viking Age
Join Dr Adrián Maldonado from National Museums Scotland to hear the latest update on research around the archaeological site at Portmahomack. The archaeological excavations at Portmahomack which ran from 1996-2007 revealed what is now the best-known Pictish monastery. It was a thriving workshop, creating sacred metalwork, masterpieces of stone sculpture,...Maldonado, Adrián
workshop, archaeological excavations, Pictish kingdom, Pictish monastery, Fortriu, christian site, craftspeople , and Portmahomack
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Arqueologías del colonialismo en Puerto Rico y Escocia
Las situaciones coloniales en ambos Espacios corresponden a contextualizaciones distintas. En Puerto Rico, responde a la invasion Europea de 1493. Port otra parte, en 793 se documenta la invasion Vikinga en las Islas Britanicas. Las vidas tanto de los Pictos, como los Tainos, han sido invisibilizidas en diversas documentaciones historicas....Maldonado, Adrián
Pictos, invasion Vikinga , Viking invasion, Picts, Escosia, and Early Medieval Scotland